Cotton, peanut, and soybean crop forecasts are reportedly up in North Carolina while the corn forecast is down compared to 2013.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service released projections for the 2014 yield, production, and harvest for some of North Carolina's biggest crops including corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, flue-cured tobacco, and winter wheat.

About half an inch to eight inches of rain fell in the state with coastal areas receiving the most, thanks to Hurricane Arthur. Temperatures 4-10 degrees lower than normal also helped maintain the state's topsoil moisture levels.